Unholy Trinity, by Adam, Paul
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Unholy Trinity, by Adam, Paul. Arcade Publishing: New York, 2000. Edition: First US edition stated. ISBN: 1559705205. Hardcover, 366 pages. Quarter bound in black paper over mustard-colored cloth; gilt lettering on spine.

Condition: Fine in a Near Fine jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed.

Contents: Publishers statement:

Death, politics, and the eternal city create a very unholy trinity.

An international, fast-paced thriller set in Rome, in which dark political forces combine with religious zealots--leading directly to the Vatican--to cover up the murder of one of the Church's most-beloved, but most controversial, priests.

Was Mussolini's death the end of fascism or just the beginning? Fifty years after that grisly event, one of Rome's most beloved priests is murdered, and the Vatican may be implicated. Death, politics, and the Eternal City create a very unholy trinity.

When father Vivaldi, a controversial left-wing clergyman known derisively as the Red priest because of his devotion to the poor and destitute, is found brutally murdured in his Rome apartment, foreign correspondent Andy Chapman smells a major story. As he digs further for a scoop, he discovers surprising evidence that appears to incriminate high-ranking members of the church. He turns this information over to the investigating magistrate, the beautiful Elena Fiorini, who enlists his help in her hunt for the killers. Before long, Andy and Elena find that the murder of the Red Priest was merely a link in a conspiracy that powerful unseen forces will go to unimaginable lengths to conceal.

The two quickly find themselves up against the awesome might not only of Catholic Church but of a sinister network of neofascist fanatics, and, probing deeper, they uncover ever more ominous connections between these forces and the government. They soon find their own lives at risk as they are drawn into a terrifying web of betrayal and violence. Ultimately their quest willl lead them to the very heart of the Vatican and back to the last days of Mussolini's dictatorship, when people changed their identities but not their allegiances.

Played out against the haunting ruins of Rome's ancient city, Unholy Trinityis a pulsating thriller of stunning plausibility, heralding the arrival of an exciting new voice to the genre.